Ishmael Duncan, 24, was found in possession of over 19,120 indecent images and inciting minors to engage in sexual activity.
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A Lambeth man, found guilty of Snapchat child sex abuse, was sentenced to 18 years after being charged with 53 offences.
Ishmael Duncan, 24, was found guilty of multiple offences. These include possession of over 19,120 indecent images and inciting minors to engage in sexual activity.
He carried out his crimes from 2018 and July 2021.
Judge Newbery called the offences “seriously sinister and revolting”.
She passed the 18-year sentence with another six years on licence.
Using several fake Snapchat profiles, he posed as a modelling scout. This was all to deceive 28 young girls into sending indecent images.
Using the threat of revenge porn, he blackmailed them into sending increasingly more violent and graphic content.
Duncan used several fake profiles on Snapchat to reach his victims. CREDIT: ADOBE STOCK PHOTO
One of his victims, aged 11 at the time of contact said in court: “for months I could not bring myself to leave my home because of the thought of you finding me and telling everyone what I did.
“I was petrified that you would find me and come to my house and hurt, perhaps kill, myself or one of my family members.”
With the help of the American Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), the investigation by the National Crime Agency was able to link his IP address to the fake profiles.
The discovery of a piece of material that wasn’t end-to-end encrypted allowed them to trace it back to Duncan.
End-to-end encryption is referenced in the Online Safety Bill, which “urging all social media companies to implement sufficient child safety measures on their messaging platforms that will maintain and/or enhance the identification and prevention of child sexual abuse.”
An NSPCC spokesperson said: “It is cases like this that show the urgent need for tech companies to abide by the UK’s Online Safety Act, which requires they make their sites safer for children, ensuring that young people are protected from abuse.”
The conviction follows shortly after a police officer who posed as a teenager on Snapchat to groom victims, admitted to 162 offences relating to child sexual abuse.
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StandfirstSnapchat sex offender Ishmael Duncan used the app to coerce minors into sending indecent images
A Lambeth man, found guilty of Snapchat child sex abuse, was sentenced to 18 years after being charged with 53 offences.
Ishmael Duncan, 24, was found guilty of multiple offences. These include possession of over 19,120 indecent images and inciting minors to engage in sexual activity.
He carried out his crimes from 2018 and July 2021.
Judge Newbery called the offences “seriously sinister and revolting”.
She passed the 18-year sentence with another six years on licence.
Using several fake Snapchat profiles, he posed as a modelling scout. This was all to deceive 28 young girls into sending indecent images.
Using the threat of revenge porn, he blackmailed them into sending increasingly more violent and graphic content.
Duncan used several fake profiles on Snapchat to reach his victims. CREDIT: ADOBE STOCK PHOTO
One of his victims, aged 11 at the time of contact said in court: “for months I could not bring myself to leave my home because of the thought of you finding me and telling everyone what I did.
“I was petrified that you would find me and come to my house and hurt, perhaps kill, myself or one of my family members.”
With the help of the American Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), the investigation by the National Crime Agency was able to link his IP address to the fake profiles.
The discovery of a piece of material that wasn’t end-to-end encrypted allowed them to trace it back to Duncan.
End-to-end encryption is referenced in the Online Safety Bill, which “urging all social media companies to implement sufficient child safety measures on their messaging platforms that will maintain and/or enhance the identification and prevention of child sexual abuse.”
An NSPCC spokesperson said: “It is cases like this that show the urgent need for tech companies to abide by the UK’s Online Safety Act, which requires they make their sites safer for children, ensuring that young people are protected from abuse.”
The conviction follows shortly after a police officer who posed as a teenager on Snapchat to groom victims, admitted to 162 offences relating to child sexual abuse.
